Burt, best known as the “bastard” saltwater croc from Crocodile Dundee, died over the weekend. Burt will live.

Along with the knife, there’s no Crocodile Dundee without crocodiles, and Burt both appeared in the 1986 film and also reportedly inspired the prop croc to nearly eat unwitting reporter Sue Charlton (played by Linda Kozlowski) in a critical scene.

Burt “died peacefully” at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, the herpetarium and aquarium wrote on Facebookestimates that he lived well into his 90s.

Named after the late actor Burt Reynolds and weighing almost 1,500 pounds, Burt drives a central conflict in the Australian-American action-comedy flick. The crocodile rose from the dark waters When Charlton headed for a refreshing dip and a drink, when he (or rather, the prop he was supposed to be) suddenly grabbed the canteen around his neck with big, big, sharp teeth. In the nick of time, voyeur Mick Dundee (played by Paul Hogan) jumps in and mercilessly whacks Burt with his iconic knife.

The incident trauma-bonds the characters and ends with an embrace. In Dundee’s arms, Charlton asked, “is it dead?” Dundee returned, “otherwise I’d have a job skinning the bastard.”

Burt’s apparent on-screen disposition isn’t just fiction, according to the Crocosaurus Cove post. The aquarium describes him as a “fiery,” “fierce,” and “defiant” alligator who has become a well-known “ambassador for alligator education.” The site also called him “a confirmed bachelor – a trait he made clear during his early years on a crocodile farm.”

Burt first arrived on the farm in the 1980s, after being captured from the Reynolds River in Australia’s Northern Territory, according to a social media post. The largest reptiles alive today, saltwater crocodiles are also native Eastern India and Southeast Asia. They are not listed as endangered, although National Geographic says the species’ “reputation as a man-eater” is putting “population pressure.” It stands to reason that this is due at least partly to films like Crocodile Dundeelike the experts involved with Steven Spielberg Jaws (1975) of harmful consequences for sharks.

On Facebook, visitors to Crocosaurus Cove shared their own colorful memories of Burt and wished the mighty reptile well in the future.

“May the rivers be full of delicious fish where you are,” one commenter said warmly. “Hope he WD fills up and doesn’t burn,” offered another.